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Monuments to Mithras

Monuments, inscriptions and artefacts related to Mithras and his cult.

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Altar of Libella, Budapest
The dedicant of this altar to the god Arimanius was probably a slave who held the grade of Leo.
TNMM403 – CIMRM 1773
Deo Arima/nio Libel/la leo / fratribus / voto dic(avit).
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Altar from Aquincum by Castinus
This altar to Mithras is dedicated by a certain Gaius Iulius Castinus, legate prefect of the emperors.
TNMM502 – CIMRM 1774
Deo Invicto / Mitrae C(aius) / Iul(ius) Casti/nus leg(atus) Augg(ustorum) / pr(o) pr(aetore).
Monumentum

Incriptions to the gods of East and West
These two inscriptions by a certain Titus Martialius Candidus are dedicated to Cautes and Cautopates.
TNMM496 – CIMRM 1214
D(eo) Or(ienti) / T(itus) Mar/tial(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) / l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito). D(eo) Oc(cidenti) / [T(itus)] Mar/[ti]al(i)us / Candi/dus v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(eri…
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Mithras rock-born from Ptuj
The sculpture includes a serpent climbing the rock from which Mithras is born.
TNMM186 – CIMRM 1492, 1493
Naturae dei / Prudens Primi / Antoni Rufi p(ublici) p(ortorii) / vil(ici) vic(arius).
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Inscription by Propinquos of Carnuntum
On this slab, Gaius Iulius Propinquos indicates that he made a wall of the Mithraeum at his own expense.
TNMM493 – CIMRM 1693
C(aius) Iul(ius) Propin/quos (sic) pariete(m) / ex voto / impensa sua.
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Floor mosaic of Mitreo del Palazzo Imperiale
It bears an inscription repeated on each side of the podia.
TNMM492 – CIMRM 251
Soli invict(o) Mit(hrae) d(onum) d(edit) L. Agrius Calendio.
Mithraeum

Mithréum des Bolards
The Mithraeum des Bolards was integrated into a therapeutic cultural complex related to healing waters.
TNMM81 – CIMRM 917
Mithraeum

Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte
The House of the Mithraeum of the Painted Walls was built in the second half of the 2nd century BC (opus incertum) and modified during the Augustan period.
TNMM2 – CIMRM 264
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Inscription of Lucius Sempronius
Slab marble indicates that Lucius Sempronius has donated a throne to the Mitreo delle Pareti Dipinte.
TNMM489 – CIMRM 266
Soli / L. Semproniu(s) / thronum.
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Inscriptions of Caseggiato di Diana
This marble slab found near the Casa de Diana in Ostia bears two inscription with several names of brothers of a same community
TNMM488 – CIMRM 223
[M. Lollia]no Callinico / [patre Pe]tronius Felix / [Marsus sign]um deo / [donum] ded(it) / . . . atus xinu . . . / fecit. M. M. Caer[ellius Hiero]/nimus et C[allinic]/us sacerdo[tes et antisti]/es…
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Basin with inscription from Mitreo della Planta Pedis
The dedicator of this marble basin could be the same person who offered the sculpture of Mithras slaying the bull in the Mitreo delle Terme di Mitra.
TNMM486 – CIMRM 275
[In]victo Mithrae d(onum) d(edit) M(arcus) Umbilius Criton cum Pyladen vil[ico].
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Votive plaque of Stockstadt
This plaque was found in Mithraeum I at Stockstadt broken into pieces inserted between the blocks of the socle of the cult relief, in the manner of a votive deposit.
TNMM399 – CIMRM 1206, 1207
[D(eo)] i(nvicto) M(ithrae) et S(oli) s(ocio) Argata / v(otum) s(olvit) l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Mithraeum

Mithräum von Kempraten
The Kempraten Mithraeum was unexpectedly discovered during the 2015 excavations near the vicus.
TNMM261
Monumentum

Cautes des Bolards
This monument representing Cautes with uncrossed legs was consecrated by a certain Anttiocus.
TNMM451 – CIMRM 918, 919
L(ibens) l(aetus) Antti/ocus (sic) d(e) s(uo) d(edit).
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Fragment with inscription to Arimanius Casa di Diana
The image of the god Arimanius to which this monument refers has not yet been found.
TNMM482 – CIMRM 221, 222
M(arco) Lolliano Callinico patre / Q. Petronius Felix Marsus / [..]L (?) signum Arimanium do(o) ded(it) d(edicavit).
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Altar to Arimanius of the Esquilino
This altar mentioning the god Arimanius was found in 1655 at Porta San Giovanni, on the Esquilino.
TNMM481 – CIMRM 369
D(eo) Arimanio / Agrestius v(ir) c(larissimus) / defensor / magister et / pater patrum / voti c(ompos) d(at).
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Mithraic meal from Proložac, Croatia
Mithras and Sol share a sacred meal accompanied by Cautes and Cautopates on a relief found in a cemetery from Croatia.
TNMM304
Invicto Mithre Stati(i) ursus / et Ursinus pat(er) et fil(ius) v(otum) l(ibentes) p(osuerunt).
Monumentum

Second petrogey of Aquincum
Another sculpture of Mithras rock-birth from the Mithraeum of Victorinus, in Aquincum.
TNMM478 – CIMRM 1756
Monumentum

Cautes and Cautopates of Stockstadt
Reliefs of Cautes and Cautopates dedicated by Florius Florentius of Saalburg and Ancarinius Severus
TNMM474 – CIMRM 1165
In honorem domus divinae Cauti et Cautopati Florius Florentius et Ancarinius Severus nepos votum solverunt libentes laeti merito Faustino et Rufino consulibus.
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Altars to Cautes and Cautopates of Stefano Rotondo
These two parallel altars to the diophores were dedicated by the Pater and a Leo from the Mithraeum of S. Stefano Rotondo.
TNMM473
Deo Cautae / Aur(elius) Sabinus, pa/ter huius loci, / et Bebius Quinti/anus ex voto posu/erunt. Leo vivas / cum Caedicio / patre. Deo Cautae/opathi / Aur(elius) Sabinus, / pater huius loci, / et …